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Buyers and Purchasing Agents pay in Alabama and District of Columbia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Buyers and Purchasing Agents is $74,030 per year in Alabama. It is $124,090 per year in District of Columbia. Alabama is 40.3% below District of Columbia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-1020 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 8,960 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 1,880 in District of Columbia. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.